Dominion has received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to look for ways to reduce the cost of offshore wind electricity generation by at least 25 percent. “One of the biggest challenges to off-shore wind generation is bringing down the cost so it can be more competitive
The EU renewable energy directive requires that 20% of the energy used by its member states comes from renewable sources by 2020. By Lawrence Fenech (independent) [mappress] Source: independent, September 19, 2011
Greenpeace and a Maori tribe on Monday filed a lawsuit against plans for oil drilling off the New Zealand coast, saying they violate … (monstersandcritics) [mappress] Source: monstersandcritics, September 19, 2011;
China announced plans to expand its seabed mineral explorations in the Indian Ocean after an international authority approved its bid to … (thehindubusinessline) [mappress] Source: thehindubusinessline,September 19 , 2011;
Indiana University Bloomington Professors Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor, along with colleagues from six institutions and companies in the U.S. and Europe, have been awarded $700,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study Lake Erie wind resources and to perform a detailed evaluatio
State and federal agencies have created the first map of underwater vegetation of the waters of North Carolina and parts of Virginia… Sam Walker (outerbanksvoice) [mappress] Source: outerbanksvoice, September 16, 2011;
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Aron Stubbins joined a research cruise this summer to study hydrothermal vents, but what his fellow scientists found was a recently erupted undersea volcano. The Axial Seamount is an undersea volcano located about 250 miles off the Oregon coast and is on
Multibeam sonar, an echo sounding technology commonly used to map the seafloor, can also be used to map and detect gaseous seeps in the water column, according to scientists testing the technology on board NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer last week in the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike other types of sonar, multi
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale has struck off Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands on Wednesday morning, according to… RTT News [mappress] Source: RTT News, September 15, 2011;
Nereus, a remotely operated vehicle, is set to travel to some of the deepest and coldest parts of the sea to find out exactly how aquatic… BY Michael J. Coren (fastcompany) [mappress] Source: fastcompany, September 15, 2011;
A Royal Navy ship has left Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth to continue its primary mission of deep water surveying… BBC [mappress] Source: BBC, September 14, 2011;
Wärtsilä is sponsoring the Offshore Energy Network Evening. This event is part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference, 11 & 12 October 2011. At the first exhibition day, exhibitors can attend the Offshore Energy Network Evening and meet their fellow exhibitors. Offshore Energy is the leading int
Three Northeast Ohio institutions will receive new federal resources to develop offshore wind energy. (onlinetes) [mappress] Source: onlinetes, September 12, 2011
Ocean scientists on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer observed two species of marine life they believe have never before been seen together at a hydrothermal vent— chemosynthetic shrimp and tubeworms. They also observed the first known live tubeworms ever seen at a hydrothermal vent in Atlantic waters.
